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Project ‘Uncle Lou’… Hey guys. The goal of the project is for it to be a daily driver for my son (safe, reliable, etc.), and used for weekend camping and hunting adventures, in memory of a great friend ‘Uncle Lou’. I’m located in Fayette County, GA (south of Atlanta). This had been someone else's project before Uncle Lou acquired it. Once I got it, we had to do a few things to get it running – brakes, battery, spark plug wires, gas tank and sending unit. Other major components seemed ok. My current thinking is to address rust issues, replace required components – keeping with the classic Comanche look. The long story… Several years ago, my dad bought an old farm house with some hunting land in central Georgia – a family getaway for family and friends. One of his best friends, Lou from North Carolina, came often. One day Uncle Lou showed up with this old truck. This thing was/is crusty and roached out, but we all fell in love with it and it quickly became the go-to truck for anything and everything, from running to town for a bite to eat to ripping through red clay mud bogs, to crawling over dead-fall pines to retrieve a down deer, it took on anything we threw at it… Good times, great memories. That all started to slow down as Uncle Lou began having health issues. During that time, Uncle Lou couldn’t come out as often and he gave this truck to my dad. My dad eventually sold the property, and we didn’t have much use for the truck, so it sat… Uncle Lou’s health continued to decline and he passed away February of 2024. This project is in honor of Uncle Lou. I believe Uncle Lou got this truck from a neighbor in Fuquay-Varina, NC, where the neighbor had modified it into what it is now. It’d be awesome if it was one of y’all??!! Anyway, I’m no mechanic, I don’t really know what we have… From a vin lookup, it was originally 2wd. So, I know it’s been converted from 2wd to 4wd – I’m assuming a swap from a Cherokee XJ. The engine appears to be the original 4cyl, not sure about transmission and axles. Appears to be some swapping in the interior too. All major mechanical stuff works, exterior lights work, fairly road-worthy. Not sure about HVAC, seems we have some heat.... So, the work begins...